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Dryly vs Flatly - What's the difference?

dryly | flatly |

As adverbs the difference between dryly and flatly

is that dryly is in a dry manner while flatly is in a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty.

dryly

English

Alternative forms

* drily

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a dry manner.
  • *
  • *:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly'. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as ' dryly , his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

    • flatly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty.
    • It was an accusation that he flatly denied.
  • In a manner that shows no emotion
    • He replied flatly to the policeman's questions.

    Usage notes

    * In sense 1. the collocation is nearly always with a negative idea. To flatly deny''. To ''flatly refuse''. To ''flatly contradict . And so on, similarly.